St. Boniface Catholic Church 1952 GA Hwy. 21 South Springfield, GA 31329 December 09, 2018 The Second Sunday of Advent PARISH STAFF FR. MARTINO BÁ THÔNG NGUYEN, PASTOR RICK RAFTER, DEACON PATTIE LIEBL, PARISH SECRETARY CELESTE GISH, DRE KATHY O SAKO, OUTREACH ASSISTANCE DON SMITH, CUSTODIAN PARISH STAFF EMAIL pastor@sbcatholic.com secretary@sbcatholic.com DRE@sbcatholic.com. outreach@sbcatholic.com WEB ADDRESS www.sbcatholic.com BAPTISMS Please contact Fr. Martino for an appointment. WEDDINGS Please contact Fr. Martino for an appointment a minimum of four months before wedding date. PARISH CONTACT INFORMATION Office: (912) 754-7473 Fax: (912) 754-1201 WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE Saturday, 5 p.m. Sunday, 8:30 & 11:00 a.m. CONFESSIONS Saturday, 4:00 4:30 p.m. Or Upon request WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. Thursday, 8:30 a.m. Friday 7:00 p.m. Religious Education Sunday Mornings 9:45-10:45 a.m. When school is in session ANOINTING OF THE SICK Please contact Fr. Martino at 706-825-3032 Bulletin Deadline We welcome your contributions to the bulletin. Deadline for submission is Wednesday, by 12:00 noon
December 9, 2018 2nd Sunday of Advent And this is my prayer: that your love may increase ever more and more in knowledge and every kind of perception, to discern what is of value (Philippians 1:9-10) Glittery holiday ads can blind us to our stewardship values and distort our needs and wants. It is important that during this season of endless buying we remember that each of us also has the need to give back to God and to those that are in need. 9 de diciembre de 2018 Segundo domingo de Adviento "Y esta es mi oración: que tu amor aumente cada vez más en el conocimiento y en todo tipo de percepción, para discernir qué es lo valioso..." (FILIPENSES 1: 9-10) Los anuncios de vacaciones relucientes pueden cegarnos sobre nuestros valores de corresponsabilidad y distorsionar nuestras necesidades y deseos. Es importante que durante esta temporada de compras sin fin, recordemos que cada uno de nosotros también tiene la necesidad de devolver a Dios y dar a quienes lo necesitan. TODAY S READINGS First Reading Take off your robe of mourning and misery; put on the splendor of glory from God (Baruch 5:1-9). Psalm The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy (Psalm 126). Second Reading I am confident that the one who began a good work in you will continue to complete it until the day of Christ Jesus (Philippians 1:4-6, 8-11). Gospel The winding roads shall be made straight, and the rough ways made smooth (Luke 3:1-6). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Is 35:1-10; Ps 85:9-14; Lk 5:17-26 Tuesday: Is 40:1-11; Ps 96:1-3, 10ac, 11-13; Mt 18:12-14 Wednesday: Zec 2:14-17 or Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab; Jdt 13:18bcde, 19; Lk 1:26-38 or Lk 1:39-47, or any readings from the Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary, nos. 707-712 Thursday: Is 41:13-20; Ps 145:1, 9-13ab; Mt 11:11-15 Friday: Is 48:17-19; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Mt 11:16-19 Saturday: Sir 48:1-4, 9-11; Ps 80: 2ac, 3b, 15-16, 18-19; Mt 17:9a, 10-13 Sunday: Zep 3:14-18a; Is 12:2-6; Phil 4:4-7; Lk 3:10-18 AWAITING THE SALVATION OF GOD The world does not seem big enough to contain the jubilation of the first reading. In the Gospel reading, the Roman empire isn t big enough, either. The great powers of Rome are named and made to stand waiting for the arrival of God s salvation. And we find Paul meditating joyfully on what really matters. According to Baruch, the city of Jerusalem is like a person standing on tiptoe looking for God s salvation, which is coming from the east. Those who were led away on foot, heads down, now come back, a proud people. Why, the very way is smoothed out. The path is lined with fragrant, lush trees. It can t get any better than this, can it? Well, yes, it can. For a voice calls out in the desert. Here is the beginning of the salvation of God. Copyright J. S. Paluch Co. SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Second Sunday of Advent Monday: International Human Rights Day Tuesday: St. Damasus I Wednesday: Our Lady of Guadalupe Thursday: St. Lucy Friday: St. John of the Cross What happens during the Sacrament of Confirmation? Find out at RCIA this coming Monday, Dec. 10. All Catholics are invited to join us from 7-8:30PM in the Hope Meeting Room. No sign-up is needed. WELCOME!
Liturgical Ministry Schedule Dec. 15 5:00 p.m. AS J Burdick, R Burton, & P Galasco EM A & G Bazemore, B Milne, Lynn Duncan, & Jane Branham L J Guareldo U C Gish, Lucy Duncan, & Volunteer Dec. 16 8:30a.m. AS D & H Matzdorf,& M McCumber EM A & J Baker, T Richtman, & L Dahlweiner L C Felipe U M Felipe, B Milne Jr., & Volunteer 11:00 a.m. AS L Stark, T Oxford, & D Gallahue EM V Singley, B Rafferty, C Miller, & J Colanero L S Morgan U J Davis, L Davis, & 2 Volunteers No Children s Liturgy TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Look around most Catholic churches, and you will discover an image of John the Baptist, often in the old baptistery, or in a window near where the font is or was located. He has two feast days in the calendar: one commemorating his birth, and the other his death. There are only three nativities in our calendar: for Jesus, for Mary, and for the Baptist. John s birthday is reckoned according to the schedule given in Luke s Gospel of the angel s announcement to Mary. The angel tells her that her cousin Elizabeth is in the sixth month of pregnancy, and so Mary hastens to help her. Reckoning Christmas as December 25, we count backwards nine months to March 25 for the Feast of the Annunciation. Then we count forward three months to June 24 for John the Baptist s birth. Halfway to Christmas, his nativity gives ample reason for rejoicing in the summer, and his symbols of fire and water are used playfully in bonfires and dives into the sea. Even at the polar opposite of Christmas in the calendar, the energy of Christ s birth in the Incarnation provides cause for rejoicing. James Field, Copyright J. S. Paluch Co. SALE SALE SALE 20% OFF Ave Maria Shop Entire Store* *Excludes: Books and Bibles Peggy Spirko/Cat Lady-Rosaries, Car Rosaries, Rosary Bracelets November 1 December 31 This week at St. Boniface - Dec. 02-Dec.08 Sunday: Mass- 8:30 & 11:00 a.m. Faith Formation-9:45 am Catholic Focus-9:45 am CCW Mass-11:00 a.m. Bingo-Nursing Home-6:30 p.m. Monday: Tuesday: Count Team 2-10:00 a.m. RCIA-7:00 p.m. Spanish Choir-7:00 p.m. Mass: 8:30 a.m. 5pm Choir Practice-6:00-7:00 p.m. Quilt Grp.-10:00 a.m. Our Lady of Guadalupe Mass-7:00p.m. Wednesday: Mass- 8:30 a.m. Followed by Adoration Rosary Group- 9:30 a.m. Outreach-11:00 a.m. Sunday Choir-5:30 p.m. Youth Group-7:00 p.m. Thursday: Friday: Saturday: Mass- 8:30 a.m. Yoga-9:30 a.m. Mass-7:00 p.m. Followed by Adoration St. Nicholas Breakfast-9:00 a.m. Reconciliation-4:00 p.m. Rosary - 4:30-p.m. Mass- 5:00 p.m. Our Lady of Guadalupe The opening of the New World brought with it both fortune-seekers and religious preachers desiring to convert the native populations to the Christian faith. One of the converts was a poor Aztec Indian named Juan Diego. On one of his trips to the chapel, Juan was walking through the Tepayac hill country in central Mexico. Near Tepayac Hill he encountered a beautiful woman surrounded by a ball of light as bright as the sun. Speaking in his native tongue, the beautiful lady identified herself: "My dear little son, I love you. I desire you to know who I am. I am the ever-virgin Mary, Mother of the true God who gives life and maintains its existence. He created all things. He is in all places. He is Lord of Heaven and Earth. I desire a church in this place where your people may experience my compassion. All those who sincerely ask my help in their work and in their sorrows will know my Mother's Heart in this place. Here I will see their tears; I will console them and they will be at peace. So run now to Tenochtitlan and tell the Bishop all that you have seen and heard."
ST. NICHOLAS PARISH BREAKFAST Saturday, December 15 9:00 AM EVERYONE is invited to celebrate the Christmas season at our Annual St. Nicholas Parish Breakfast! Come and enjoy delicious pancakes, sausage, snowman soup (hot cocoa), and coffee for the adults. We will have a visit from St. Nicholas! Also during the breakfast, we invite each new family/single or those who missed it in previous years, to pick up a Chrismon to take home and decorate. A Chrismon is a Christmas decoration that uses Christian symbols to represent our Lord Jesus Christ. We ask that you return it to the church no later than Sunday, Dec. 23. They will adorn our parish family Christmas trees. Children s Christmas Pageant Sign Up It s that time of year again, beginning Saturday November 17 children are welcome to sign up for the annual children s pageant performed during the Christmas Eve Mass. The sign up sheet will be in the church vestibule through December 9th. This year we welcome all children Pre- K through 6th grade to perform. Additionally, we are in need of a minimum of 4 middle school students to narrate. There will be 2 practices: December 16 following 11am mass and December 18 at 7pm. The narrators are required to attend both practices and all children are required to attend at least one practice. Contact Sarah Felipe Gobrogge at (912) 596-4132 or sfelipe33@gmail.com for further information. Your contributions for the weekend of Dec. 02, 2018 Adult $5,861.50 Children $64.09 Building Fund $1,944.00 Bills Paid This Week $11,814.71 Thank you for your continued generosity Sunday 12/09 Tuesday 12/11 Wednesday 12/12 Thursday 12/13 Friday 12/14 Saturday 12/15 Mass Intentions Dec. 09-Dec. 15 +Ruth Edenfield Ruth Connoly Jack Stein +Vera Patterson +Sean Smith +Richard Wills BARREN TREE CCW will have the Barren Tree set up in St. Boniface Hall at the beginning of Advent, Saturday, December 1, 2018. There will be 262 tags for children, ages infant through 10 years, and the maximum amount for these gifts should be $8.00. These gifts will go to the needy in our community. There will be 8 tags for the Treutlen House boys, ages 13 through 19. These gifts should be $15.00. The counselor at Treutlen House suggests Wal- Mart or Tanger Outlet gift cards. There will be some tags on the tree for the Family Promise children. These gifts should be $15.00. Since these children do not yet have a permanent home, the suggested gift is Wal-Mart gift cards. Please take a tag and return your wrapped or bagged gift with the tag by Sunday, December 16, 2018. These gifts are to be distributed on December 19, 2018. Have a Blessed and Happy Christmas and thank you for sharing with those less fortunate. Next Wednesday, December 12, will be the last day the outreach assistance office will take applications for Christmas food baskets and children s gifts up to age 10. If you or someone you know is in need, please refer them to the Outreach Assistance Office. We still need items to prepare the Christmas baskets: Canned green beans, corn, fruit cocktail, beef gravy packet, cream of mushroom soup,& French fried onions. If you would like to make a monetary donation, please put it into the poor box and mark it as Christmas basket. Living Everyday with Passion and Purpose with Matthew Kelly Are you thriving or just surviving? Are you searching for a deeper sense of purpose? Matthew Kelly is an internationally acclaimed speaker, bestselling author, and business consultant. January 26, 2019 at 7:00 pm, St. Teresa of Avila, Grovetown, GA 30813 in Main Sanctuary $39 - comes with over $50 worth of books and materials Tickets and Info go to www.dynamiccatholic.com/augusta or call 859-980-7900. Help Needed Parishioner is in need of companion care work for elderly parent with mid stage Alzheimer s. Rincon area, several days a month. Also, would like to have someone that may be able to take her lunch once a month or to mass a few days a month during the weekdays. If you would like the opportunity to make a little extra money, please call Kathy at 336-706-7173 or email kss.raybuck@gmail.com.
4th Sunday of Advent, Saturday, December, 22rd Mass - 5 p.m. Sunday, December 23th 8:30 &11:00 a.m. Christmas Eve Monday- December 24th 5 p.m. Mass & Children's Christmas Pageant Midnight Mass 12:00 a.m. Christmas Day Tuesday- December 25-10:00 a.m. Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, & Joseph Saturday- December 29th Mass- 5:00 p.m. Sunday- December 30th Mass-8:30 & 11:00 am New Year s Mass Schedule Solemnity of Mary Holy Mother of God Holy Day of Obligation Monday- December 31 New Year s Eve- 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 1st, New Years Day-10:00 a.m.
Please pray for our sick For all those homebound, in the hospital or nursing homes and especially those who care for them. We also ask prayers for those not listed and those we are not aware of that are ill. Kaye Wolfe Babot, Fr. Isador Baky, Tami Brant, Marlee Brantley, Chuck Brown, Diana Cato, Nadine Chapman, Andy & Kathy Chester, Nancy Corley, Loretta Dahlweiner, Peter DI Lella, Susan Dehyle, Isabell Duffy, Celina Eaddy, Tracey Edenfield, Parks Elrick, Wendy Fears, Dan Gonzales, Eric Guge, Felipe & Manuela Garza, Greg Hlavac, Muriel Healy, Collen Higgs, Brantyne Knight, Nicholas Knight, Sandy Kowalski, Michelle Kronen, Linda Liebl, Rosa Lewis, Debra Lafferty, Vince & Sandra Mackey, Frances Maher, John & Michael Maher, Tom and Bridget Maher, David Matzdorf, Mary McGrath, Justin McGregor, Nancy Miller, Halario Miranda, Porfirio & Elizabeth Miranda, Tracey Hickox Mulligan, Phil Pastrano, Steve and Mary Pizzino, Olga Ramirez, John Ray, Lynn Richardson, Lora Riner, Joel Rivera, Richard & Ida Rohrer, Kathy Singley, Eva Shelley, Kendall Stump, Alan Swartz, Benji Sharrow, Tim & Jill Shumacher, Elijah Sims, Angel Smith, Nick Stevens, Ed & Delores Talick, Boris Tang, Burr & Helen Tolles, Rosemary Usher, Rita Visconti, Pat & Shelley Walters, Darwin Webb, Bernie Weber, Julie & Larry Weddle, Theresa Wichert, Gary Wilkes A time of war, and a time of peace: We pray for those that serve in our military COL Brian Healy, TSGT Brian A. Lafond, SSGT. Steven Liebl, A1C Cameron Rahn, E3 Steven Talick Jr., CW4 Scott Durrer Protect and guide our men and women in uniform, strengthen them in their trials. Give them courage to face the perils which beset them; and grant them a sense of your abiding presence wherever they may be, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Congratulations, Confirmandi! Chase Bannach, Zackary Blackmon, Jacob Bragg, Joseph Burdick, Valentina Castillo, Bradly Fitzpatrick, Morgan Frye, Alan Gadomski, Benjamin Griffin, Inaki Hutchinson, John Ibarra, Mariana Lamparski, Giselle Martinez, Bailey Poppell, Ben Powell, Trevor Shanning, Taylor Smith, John Snow, Sydney Sticha, Reinjen Talento and Gavin VanNote received the sacrament of Confirmation on December 1. We re so proud of you and all your hard work! Special thanks to our lectors, Morgan Frye, Bradly Fitzgerald and Zachary Blackmon and to parents and catechists for their role in preparing our Confirmandi. So many people played a part in making this day memorable. The St. Boniface Saturday Choir and Knights of Columbus Color Guard were amazing. As always, we are grateful to the CCW for providing cake, lunch for our Confirmandi and a buffet for our parish leadership and the Bishop. Well done, everyone! Food drive results Way to go, first graders! They donated 31 items for our Thanksgiving Food Drive. Honorable mention to Pre-K, seventh grade and third grade. Thanks everyone for your generosity. Excused absences Absence from Faith Formation is considered excused in the case of illness, family emergency, funeral or previously-scheduled family occasion (such as a wedding). Students in sacramental classes (grades 2, 8 and 9) are permitted only two excused absences. Please notify the DRE by phone or email, including the child s grade, with any excused absence. With 165 kids in the program, it s impossible to keep up with verbal notifications. Thanks for understanding. For more information about Faith Formation, contact Celeste Gish at 912.754.1432 or celestegish@windstream.net. Virtus Training There are no Virtus Training Sessions available in our area at this time. When one becomes available it will be listed by date, time and place. Office for the Protection of Children and Young People, Toll free reporting hotline:(888) 357-5530. Gold & Silver Wedding Jubilee The Most Reverend Gregory Hartmayer, OFM Conv., Bishop of Savannah Invites all couples celebrating their Silver or Gold (25th or 50th) Wedding Anniversaries in 2019 to join him in celebrating the Gold & Silver Wedding Jubilee Anniversary Mass in your honor at the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in Savannah, Georgia on Sunday: February 10, 2019 @ 11:30 am. Those wishing to attend should contact the parish office or register online at https://www.diosav.org/familylife-marriage-jubilee by December 20, 2018 in order to receive a formal invitation with the detailed information. Questions?: Contact the Diocesan Office of Family Life, 912-201-4068.
CLELAND SITE PREP, INC. P.O Box 3822, Bluffton, SC 29910 Office-(843) 987-0500 * Fax (843) 987-0600 See us at www.mdadental.com Harland Howard Interior/Exterior Painting Services No Job too Big or too Small! Phone: 912-429-9383 References provided Register your Kroger Rewards card to help benefit the Outreach Assistance program. Saturday Evenings 5:00 pm Mass and Sunday Mornings 8:15 am -12:30 p.m. Please contact Denise Burdick for nursery needs during meetings at 912-604-4178. Ave Maria Shop St. Boniface Catholic Gift Shop Open after Saturday and Sunday Masses. Bibles, Catholic Children Books, Gifts, Rosaries, Medals, and much more!